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racemosa have been found at the Kurrajong, but specimens 

 recently discovered near Bulli by the Eev. T. V. Alkin, M.A., 

 seem to connect that species with the northern P. scandens. The 

 only plants of the Zaurinece indigenous in Victoria are the leafless 

 and parasitical Cassythce, but the species of the order become 

 more important in the Northern parts of New South Wales and 

 Queensland, where they appear as trees and are known for their 

 timber, as well as for their medicinal properties. There is a true 

 Cinnamon in Northern Queensland ( Cinnamomum TamalaJ* and 

 according to the recent arrangement, the genus Tetranthera is 

 now limited to Queensland, R. Brown's T. dealbata being referred 

 to Zitscea. 



Of the 29 genera of the Proteacece, 21 occur in Eastern Australia 

 as Adenanthos, Stirling ia, Synaphea, Franlclandia, Bellendena, 

 Agastachys, Cenarrhenes, and Dryandra, are for the most part 

 indigenous in Western Australia and Tasmania. The Proteacece 

 are known principally in Australia and South Africa, but whilst 

 species occur here and there in New Caledonia, the Oriental 

 Archipelago, Asia, and Japan, Guevina avellana, or the Evergreen 

 Hazel-tree of Chili, extends from middle Chili to Chonos Archi- 

 pelagus (see Baron Mueller's " Select Extra-tropical plants "). 

 This order is one of those which impresses a distinct feature on 

 Australian Vegetation, and includes in its genera humble plants 

 and trees of considerable size, some of which are valued for their 

 timber, edible fruits, and industrial products. It is remarkable 

 that the genus Dryandra with its 47 species is endemic in Western 

 Australia, being similar in many respects to Banhsia, but differ- 

 ing in having the flowers sessile in an involucre of numerous 

 imbricate scale-like bracts. The Thymehce are represented bv 

 about 20 species in the three colonies ; but, whilst in Victoria 

 the Euphorbiacetx number 22 species ("Plant* of Victoria, E.v.M.), 



*By a recent arrangement this jjlant is now connected with Pherosphccra, 

 which some regard as a sub-genus of Dacri/dium. 







